Chapter 269

Spirit Tablet Master said, "The path of mental power cultivation is extremely dependent on talent and also relies on family wealth."

"The distribution of Wu Xiu's natural aptitude and physique decreases uniformly from low to high. Young Sons of Heaven are rare in every generation, there are some inheritors, there are more Nine Spring Supreme Humans, and further down are the Eight Springs, Seven Springs..."

"Mental power is different! At the level of a Great Mentalist, there are only top geniuses and mediocre ones; there are very, very few people in between."

"Precisely because of this, there are far fewer mental power practitioners than Martial Dao practitioners."

"Like Li Ling said, Spirit Mentalists under sixty are few and far between in the Nine Li Clan. In fact, they can only be considered the middle batch in terms of talent. They are neither high nor low, and they have hope of challenging the Saint Spirit Mentalist realm in the second sixty-year cycle of their lives, but the hope is extremely slim. Out of ten, maybe only one can succeed."

"The top mental power practitioners! For example, Li Ling's father, I estimate he should have become a Saint Spirit Mentalist before the age of sixty. Such people are seen once in a century even in thousand-year-old clans."

Li Youyi said, "Could it just be because of deep family wealth? If it weren't for the financial support of the entire Cangli tribe, I'm afraid it would be very difficult for Old Li to become a Saint Spirit Mentalist before sixty and live for three hundred years."

Mental power cultivation is different from Martial Dao. Once one becomes a Saint Spirit Mentalist, they are instantly no longer a mortal whose lifespan is trapped within two sixty-year cycles; they can live for at least three hundred years.

Like a god!

Martial Dao immortals need to break free from one longevity lock after another.

Li Ling rolled her eyes at Li Youyi.

Although she only learned half a year ago that Li Songgu was actually a Saint Spirit Mentalist.

Spirit Tablet Master said, "Financial power is also part of a practitioner's talent! Precisely because of this, the higher the family background of a Wu Xiu, the more they can automatically add a layer of talent. You were able to achieve today's accomplishments in just over a year; didn't you also rely on financial power?"

Li Youyi had to agree and smiled: "In terms of financial power, I rely on my own acquired efforts."

Spirit Tablet Master said, "A Great Mentalist who reaches the Disaster Fire realm before thirty... you should have some understanding from participating in the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival. It is quite easy to gather one or two hundred such people across the twenty-eight states of Lingxiao."

"These people are already considered to have high talent! But even if they cultivate for another ten years, those among them who can become Spirit Mentalists are few and far between."

"Li Ling, you tell him why."

Li Ling, who was already seventeen, was graceful and stood 1.7 meters tall. Her figure had filled out, and she was still barefoot, revealing long, straight, jade-like legs: "Because one must undergo the Nine Refinements of Disaster Fire to have the qualification to challenge the Spirit Mentalist realm."

"From breaking through to Great Mentalist to perfecting the spiritual light in the Spirit Realm, that is considered reaching the Disaster Fire realm. And the Nine Refinements of Disaster Fire, when calculated, is equivalent to nine times this process."

"Master Fog said my talent for mental power and talisman arts is already considered outstanding among my generation. But it took me over half a year to complete the first refinement."

"I have hope of completing the Nine Refinements of Disaster Fire before twenty-five. I have hope of becoming a Spirit Mentalist before thirty."

Spirit Tablet Master said, "Becoming a Spirit Mentalist before thirty is what counts as a genius on the mental power path, and there is a chance to become a Saint Spirit Mentalist before sixty."

Li Youyi calculated: "It took me one hundred thousand Spring Coins and nearly half a year to perfect my cultivation of the Spirit Realm. In other words, I have to wait at least three to five years to challenge the Spirit Mentalist realm, and I have to spend one million Spring Coins?"

Li Ling knew how monstrous Li Youyi's mental power cultivation was. In any case, she felt inferior to him and had a sense of frustration that no matter how hard she tried, she would be easily caught up to.

She said, "You spent most of your time in the past half year on Martial Dao cultivation, so mental power cultivation naturally cost a huge amount."

Li Youyi thought of the spatial power of the Buddha Relic: "If I use spatial power to assist in cultivation, would it be faster?"

Spirit Tablet Master said, "I don't think it would be much faster than swallowing Light Flame Pills and meditating under the Fusang Divine Tree. Unless you take the Buddha Relic directly to the Tanggu Sea, but you might not be able to return to the Lingxiao Life Realm! That sea area is rumored to be millions of miles wide and is the intersection of the three realms, but it is extremely dangerous."

"Before you reach the Transcendent level, I do not recommend you go on a one-way trip without leaving yourself a way back."

"The treasure I mentioned that can assist in challenging the Spirit Mentalist realm is called the Spirit Platform Flame Star Stone."

"This object is a holy relic of the ancient Great Sect, the Pogala Sect, which has already disappeared in the long river of history."

"More than a thousand years ago, I obtained some fragments of the Spirit Platform Flame Star Stone in a secret realm. According to the records on the secret realm murals, a complete Spirit Platform Flame Star Stone is as large as a mountain and is the foundation that allowed the Pogala Sect to dominate this land for ten thousand years."

"At its peak, the Pogala Sect was several times broader than the Lingxiao Life Realm in its three-hundred-state state a thousand years ago, and its territory reached many areas of the current Dead Realm."

"But as the Spirit Platform Flame Star Stone was constantly consumed and became increasingly scarce, the upper echelons of the Pogala Sect began to control and even prohibit the mining of the Star Stone. Soon after, due to uneven distribution and mutual suspicion, a civil war broke out."

"In that battle, the remaining Spirit Platform Flame Star Stone was shattered!"

"After tens of thousands of years, the fragments of the Spirit Platform Flame Star Stone were also almost completely consumed, becoming a complete legend."

Li Ling said, "No wonder I have never heard of this object."

Spirit Tablet Master said, "Back then, I brought back dozens of fragments of the Spirit Platform Flame Star Stone to the Zuoqiu Gate. It's hard to say if the Zuoqiu Gate still has any left, although the possibility is slim. But you can go ask Zuoqiu Ling, or that old guy from the Confucian lineage; one piece is enough!"

Li Youyi said, "But I still need to complete the Nine Refinements of Disaster Fire first, right?"

"With your mental power talent, plus the Fusang Divine Tree and financial power, if you temporarily put aside Martial Dao and go all out, two years. Two years should be enough to complete the Nine Refinements of Disaster Fire."

Spirit Tablet Master smiled: "Breaking through to become a Spirit Mentalist in two or three years—such mental power talent will definitely shock the people of the Lingxiao Life Realm again. If Martial Dao is ruined, but mental power rises, you will still be a person above others."

"Then I will teach you the Dao Sect arrays and Dao Sect mental techniques, combined with insect control; it is absolutely possible to be invincible among your peers."

Clearly, Spirit Tablet Master really wanted Li Youyi to put his main energy into mental power cultivation and inherit his mantle, so his tone was full of temptation.

The Nine Refinements of Disaster Fire would take two years, and the Spirit Platform Flame Star Stone was illusory.

This path was not easy to walk!

Chan Hai Guan Wu held a Xihe flower in her hand and suddenly said, "I can refine a top-grade Dharma Pill, the Star Day Pill. Swallowing one can complete one refinement of Disaster Fire. Swallowing nine can complete the Nine Refinements of Disaster Fire."

Only by reaching the level of a Spirit Mentalist can one refine Dharma Pills and Dharma Artifacts.

Therefore, every Spirit Mentalist is extremely precious to major forces, like a cash cow.

The grades of Dharma Pills are divided into: low-grade Dharma Pill, mid-grade Dharma Pill, top-grade Dharma Pill, and supreme-grade Dharma Pill.

The Light Flame Pill belongs to the low-grade Dharma Pill and is worth about one thousand Spring Coins.

The Five Seas Pill belongs to the mid-grade Dharma Pill and is worth about ten thousand Spring Coins, and it is priceless. The pill formula and refining materials are all monopolized by major forces at the level of thousand-year-old gates, controlling the promotion channel of the Five Seas realm.

The "Star Day Pill" that Chan Hai Guan Wu just mentioned is a top-grade Dharma Pill, so the price is naturally more expensive. Normally, it requires a Saint Spirit Mentalist to refine it.

As for the "Longevity Pill" mastered by the Duer Temple, it is a priceless object, a spiritual pill treasure above the Dharma Pill.

A look of ecstasy appeared on Li Youyi's face.

"The Xihe flower and the Extreme Day Light Dew can be the main ingredients, and fourteen auxiliary ingredients are needed. The Spring Coins you have here... are barely enough!" Chan Hai Guan Wu said.

Li Youyi's smile disappeared. The Spring Coins stored in the Blood Mud Space still needed to be used to buy Dao Lotuses and Dao Fruits for Martial Dao cultivation. Moreover, Spring Liquid might also need to be bought again.

Spirit Tablet Master said, "Using top-grade Dharma Pills to cultivate Disaster Fire is a serious waste; isn't it a bit too extravagant? The Star Day Pill is completely enough for a Spirit Mentalist's cultivation."

Chan Hai Guan Wu said, "Then forget it!"

Forget it?

Li Youyi quickly said, "Give me a list, I'll go buy them. Anyway, the Nine Li Hidden Gate can subsidize half."

"I'll go buy the fourteen auxiliary ingredients; it's a good chance to go out and get some fresh air."

Chan Hai Guan Wu's cultivation had increased significantly, and she had much more confidence. She instructed Li Ling to use a boundary bag to hold the Spring Coins and added: "You go to the Nine Li Hidden Gate and get some Extreme Day Light Dew. Don't need too much; to refine eighteen pills, eighteen drops are enough!"

"Are eighteen drops enough? Spirit Tablet Master said the Star Day Pill is a pill for Spirit Mentalists, so we should refine more! If the money is not enough, we can sell the dragon bones."

Li Youyi had four dragon bones; two were given by the Hidden Lord, and two were given by Zuoqiu Hongting.

Dragon bones are treasures for body refining. Refining one into the body can make one's physical combat power comparable to the weakest first-heaven Dao Seed realm Wu Xiu. At the same time, it can reshape one's roots and bones.

Li Youyi felt that at the current stage, breaking through to the Dao Seed realm as soon as possible was far more important than refining dragon bones to cultivate the physical body.

Other Wu Xiu were eager for dragon bones. Li Youyi, however, was unimpressed, feeling that dragon bones were not necessarily stronger than his own roots and bones.

Hidden Eleven, Hidden Twenty-four, and others had returned to Lizhou with the Hidden Lord half a year ago.

Since the war in Lizhou had ended, the young Hidden People naturally had to return to the Nine Li Insect Valley to cultivate.

Old Qin had not appeared since he escaped from Qiuzhou City half a year ago, worried that his aura would be detected by the old guys of the Zuoqiu Gate, causing unnecessary trouble.

Old Zhuo was still in Qiuzhou City, but he was elusive. He only told Li Youyi that he would appear when Li Youyi needed him most.

Li Youyi did not believe he would protect him closely at all times, and he felt very insecure in his heart.

No way.

How could Li Youyi manage these ancient Hidden People who had lived for who knows how many years?

He could only believe that there was such a life-saving talisman by his side.

The sun set, and night had just fallen.

Li Youyi ascended to the Fourth Heaven of Taoli Mountain and headed to the Council Hall to seek an audience with the new head of the Zuoqiu Gate, Zuoqiu Cangwu.

Since the promulgation of the Longevity Martial Prohibition Order, Zuoqiu Ling, who had reached the Longevity realm, had stepped down from the position of family head.

Although Dao Seed realm Wu Xiu can stabilize blood energy, delay aging, and consolidate their foundation, they are still in the category of mortals, and their lifespan can only reach a maximum of two sixty-year cycles, which is one hundred and twenty years.

This is the limit of a mortal's lifespan!

In the first sixty-year cycle, the body is at its absolute peak, and one desperately gathers resources, trains, and struggles.

In the second sixty-year cycle, all Dao Seed realm experts who have reached the Seventh Heaven or above and have hope of challenging the Longevity realm will put down their worldly affairs and cultivate with all their might. They either go into seclusion or head to the Dead Realm and various secret realms to seek opportunities.

Precisely because of this, the most famous Dao Seed realm Wu Xiu in the world are the figures in the "Sixty-Year Book," who are under sixty years old and are the power-holders of worldly affairs for major forces.

Zuoqiu Cangwu is the number one Dao Seed realm expert within the sixty-year cycle of the Zuoqiu Gate.